All terms in this list:

elusive: evading capture, comprehension or remembrance

lurks: creeps or snecks

according: Present participle of accord.

exist: to be; have existence; have being or reality

explorer: A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.

terrain: A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.

remote: Short for remote control.

route: The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed.

traces: Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trace.

scalps: Plural form of scalp.

artifacts: Plural form of artifact.

zoologists: Plural of zoologist.

suspected: Of something or one believed to be of cause or at fault.

convinced: In a state of believing, especially from evidence but not necessarily.